Magnolia, MN is a small, rural town located in the Midwest. As such, it has limited political representation at the state and national level. The local government is made up of a mayor and city council members who are elected by citizens of Magnolia. These elected officials work together to create policies that benefit the community and ensure basic services for its residents. There are few special interests groups or lobbyists in this area, so the decisions of these politicians largely reflect public opinion within Magnolia. Elections tend to be fiercely contested here as citizens take a lot of pride in their town and want to ensure that it continues to grow and thrive.
The political climate in Magnolia, MN is very conservative.
Rock County, MN is very conservative. In Rock County, MN 29.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rock county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.4% to 29.7%.
Rock county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Magnolia, MN is very conservative.
Rock County, Minnesota is very conservative.
Minnesota is leaning liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Magnolia, Minnesota: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Magnolia, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $25 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)